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this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2023
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Meh, I assume I’m always on camera anywhere I’m in public. I don’t like it and I really don’t want to be recorded. I’m also realistic and understand that public spaces are… well public.
I understand privacy fears because there’s nothing stopping someone in my private space from recording me now other than mutual respect and consent. If all it takes is the ease of use of some fashionable frames then it’s time to rethink your relationships.
This also applies to semi-private spaces. So think at the office or a cozy booth in a coffee shop. Assume all public places are recorded (because they often are) and establish boundaries within your relationships.
"...look like a regular pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers..."
So they're rebranded Ray-Ban Stories
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This is what's coming on the AR headsets that will eventually replace phones. Soon, if you're in public, you WILL be recorded by someone without your knowledge, and probably you already have been. There is no privacy in public areas, get used to it.
There is no privacy in public areas
Also already legal to take overt photos in public areas within some rational parameters (no upskirts, but otherwise it's pretty open.)
People HATE the idea that they are being recorded but the reality is it's already happening every single day in all kinds of places you'd never expect. Never forget every phone has a camera on the back... and on the front... Ask yourself: Does yours notify you when it's in use?
Then just think about things like key fob cameras, button cameras..
Edit: Note, the Meta Smart Glasses are only releasing in the US, Canada and the UK. All three countries have no laws protecting privacy from photography in public, though my original comment was clearly about the US. Your local area will have it's on laws and restrictions, enjoy your regulations!
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You should read up on counter surveillance
Some pretty easy hacks out there ;)
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On the one hand I'd kinda love a pair of glasses that told me peoples names as I'm always forgetting them, or gave me directions without having to look at the phone.
On the other hand.. humans.
They don't really look "hidden" tbqh, the lenses are quite obvious.
I'm wondering if these could be useful to me as a prosopagnostic.
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Can't wait for pervs to start using these to get upskirt videos.
Sticking whole head under a lady
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How very Meta
On the one hand I can't remember the many people I see at work and would love heads-up display saying names, birthdays and reminding me what we spoke about.
On the other hand I don't like cameras recording my socially embarrassing actions in the first place, let alone tell people who I am. Like hell I want Zuck to know what stupid shit I said 4 years ago to that one person I won't see ever again.
Idk, I assume I'm being watched via CCTV at least wherever I go nowadays. This may be literally in your face, but still... these devices will become invisible and ubiquitous.
Does all that CCTV footage get firehosed to Zuck and friends so they can mass tag everyone in every photo whether you like it or not?
Out of the loop, do you need a facebook/meta account (if yes, how much info they requested) to use the glasses ?
Yes. And yes
Cant wait for the hackaday firmware
Now I have a fear of being filmed while scratching my nuts.
Might as well just start an OnlyFans and make some lemonade out of the situation.
They should have used a photo from a webcam or old phone (or a noise filter) to better represent the nighttime quality of the tiny lenses. This one seems to have real DSLR depth of field. The interface is obviously fake, too. As a journalist, I would go the extra mile to take (or license) a shitty picture/video frame with motion blur (and no good-looking subject) and edit it into the supplied promotional material rather than plainly repost that obviously fake shit.